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GAR COUPLING.

No. 353,826. I Patented Dec. 7, 1886.

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CHARLES E. SEABURY, OF STONY BROOK, NEW YORK.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,826, dated December 7, 1886.

Application filed May 8, 1886. Serial No. 201,553.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. SEABURY, of Stony Brook, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Car-Coupler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan View of two draw heads having my invention applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same; and Fig. 3 shows a modification.

The invention will first be describedin connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

A B represent two draw-heads formed, respectively, with rounded faces a b and cavities c d. In the draw-head A is placed, upon the vertical pin 0, the two connectinghooks D D, the hooked heads of which lap over each other to grasp the coupling-pin E of the drawhead B. The points of the hooks D are oppositely beveled, as shown at 6, so that when the cars are brought together for coupling the pin E will strike between the two bevels e, so the hooks will be forced apart for the entrance of the pin between the hooks, and thus automatically effect the coupling of the cars.

The hooks D D are pressed in opposite directions by the plate-springs F F, secured in (No model.)

the draw-head A to point outward, as shown in Fig. 1, and in the draw-head B are secured the springs G G, which point inward and bear in opposite directions upon the points of the hooks D D, to hold them in firm engagement with the coupling-pin E. The cavitiescdare made flaring, so the hooks D D will not cramp or bind in rounding curves.

To couple the cars, it is only necessary to place the pin E in the draw-head B and back the cars together, when the hooks will enter the draw-head B and engage with the pin, and thus automatically couple the cars. To uncouple the cars, it is only necessary to lift out the pin E.

In some cases I shall use only one hook, D, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case only one spring need be used in the draw-head B.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The draw-head A, provided with two oppositely-arranged hooks, D D, and two springs, F F, the points of the hooks being beveled, as shown at e, in combination with the drawhead B, provided with the pin E, andinwardlypointing springs G G, substantially as described.

OHARLES E. SEABURY.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. GOULD, IRA A LEONARD. 

